International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2005

General practitioners’ use of online evidence during consultations

  • Farah Magrabi

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 2 9385 9009; fax: +61 2 9385 9006.
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  • Enrico W. Coiera

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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  • Johanna I. Westbrook

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
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  • A. Sophie Gosling

      Affiliations

    • Royal Holloway, University of London, Egham Hill, Egham, Surrey TW20 OEX, UK
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  • Victor Vickland

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Health Informatics, University of New South Wales, Sydney 2052, Australia
    • At the time of writing Dr. Gosling was Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Health Informatics, University of NSW.

Received 13 April 2004 ,Revised 20 October 2004 ,Accepted 29 October 2004.

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PII: S1386-5056(04)00205-9

doi: 10.1016/j.ijmedinf.2004.10.003

International Journal of Medical Informatics
Volume 74, Issue 1 , Pages 1-12 , January 2005

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